The Kyrgyz opposition Ar-Namys Party has carried out its threat, made in April, to file a libel suit against National Guard commander General Abdygul Chotbaev, gazeta.kg reported on 16 September. The party charges that it was slandered in an article by Chotbaev that appeared in \"Argumenty i fakty Kyrgyzstana,\" No. 17, on 23 April, in which he asserted that through its opposition activities Ar-Namys was \"earning\" the financial support of the United States. The party, and the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, vehemently rejected Chotbaev\'s assertion that the United States was supporting Ar-Namys. The party is demanding a public apology from Chotbaev, a printed retraction, and 5 million soms ($116,000) each from the general and the newspaper in compensation for damages to party members. (RFE/RL)